Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC)http://hdl.handle.net/10570/20002019-05-25T14:23:58Z2019-05-25T14:23:58ZAccess and use of credit in Uganda: Unlocking the dilemma of financing small holder farmers.Munyambonera, EzraMayanja, Musa LwangaNampeewo, DorothyAdong, Annethttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/40102015-01-07T09:05:31Z2014-01-12T00:00:00ZAccess and use of credit in Uganda: Unlocking the dilemma of financing small holder farmers.
Munyambonera, Ezra; Mayanja, Musa Lwanga; Nampeewo, Dorothy; Adong, Annet
The study investigates the extent of access and use of credit by small holder farmers in Uganda.
Despite several interventions in agricultural financing by government, access to credit by
smallholder farmers has remained very low and stagnating over the years. In understanding
the extent of the problem, the study uses information from the various agricultural financing
initiatives government has implemented over the years including prosperity for all (PSA) of
2008, the national agricultural advisory services (2001), entandikwa scheme (1996), the recent
agricultural credit facility (ACF) and microfinance support centre (MSCL), among others; it uses
the Uganda Census of Agriculture dataset collected in 2008/09 to provide some insights on
access to credit by agricultural households and examines two successful models of Centenary
Rural Financing Scheme and Uganda Cooperative Alliance-Area Cooperative Enterprise (ACE)
in promoting access to financial services to the rural poor. On the previous interventions by
government in agricultural financing, the study observes that weak institutional framework for
co-ordination, financing and implementation could have affected their impact. Insights from UCA
(2008/09) data show that access to credit by agricultural households remain very low at 11.3
percent. This could be blamed on the policy failures of the various agricultural financing initiatives
that government has implemented over the years, poor response of formal commercial banks to
agricultural lending and weak regulation of the microfinance institutions at (Tier-4) to effectively
deliver credit to small holder farmers. A critical review of two successful models in prompting
access to financial services by small holder farmers suggests that if government is to succeed
in promoting access to financial services by small holder farmers, there would need to have
strong institutional framework for agricultural financing. Exploring the establishment of a rural
or agricultural development bank could be a better option for Uganda.
2014-01-12T00:00:00ZComparing the performance of Uganda’s intra-East African Community trade and other trading blocs: A gravity model analysis.Shinyekwa, IsaacOthieno, Lawrencehttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/40082015-01-07T09:07:11Z2013-01-01T00:00:00ZComparing the performance of Uganda’s intra-East African Community trade and other trading blocs: A gravity model analysis.
Shinyekwa, Isaac; Othieno, Lawrence
This paper examines factors that determine Uganda’s trade flows and specifically compares the impact and performance of the different trade blocs on Uganda’s trade patterns and flows. The empirical question is whether Uganda’s trade is getting more integrated in the East African Community (EAC) region or is still dominated by other trading blocs, namely European Union (EU), Asia and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)? Two analytical approaches are used, namely: trade indicators and estimation of the gravity models using data extracted from COMTRADE for the period 2001 – 2009 (panel). We estimate determinants of export and import trade flows separately using static random, dynamic random and IV GMM models. The results suggest a strong relationship between belonging to a trading bloc and trade flows. Likewise, Uganda’s import and export trade flows have conspicuously adjusted to the gravitational forces of the EAC during the progress of the integration. Whereas exports are being integrated more in the EAC and COMESA regions, imports are more integrated in the Asian and EU trading blocs. Therefore, strong links with trading blocs outside the EAC (i.e. EU and Asia) with regards to imports still exist. The trade indicators demonstrate that Uganda exports largely primary products and imports manufactured products. It is imperative for Uganda to target implementation of regional trade agreements to expand the country’s export markets. The EAC region should attract investment in production of high technology products to increase intra-EAC imports and reduce imports from Asia and the EU.
2013-01-01T00:00:00ZConstraints to agricultural technology adoption in Uganda: Evidence from the 2005/06-2009/10 Uganda National Panel Survey.Ibrahim, Kasiryehttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/40002015-01-07T09:06:43Z2013-05-22T00:00:00ZConstraints to agricultural technology adoption in Uganda: Evidence from the 2005/06-2009/10 Uganda National Panel Survey.
Ibrahim, Kasirye
The study examines the determinants of improved agricultural technologies adoption in
Uganda, using a nationally representative panel data set of 1,600 farming households, collected
by the Ugandan Bureau of Statistics in 2005/6 and 2009/10. Two agricultural technologies—
improved seeds and fertilizer—out of the seven types identified by the study were further
considered and analyzed. Estimates from the probit regression model show that farmers with
low education and land holdings are less likely to adopt improved seeds and fertilizer, while
peer effects play a big role in influencing farmers to either use improved seeds or fertilizer.
Furthermore, cattle keeping farmers in Western Uganda are more likely to abandon fertilizers
and possibly resort to organic manure from livestock excreta. Policy, therefore, should be
directed at addressing the supply side constraints of agricultural technologies.
Keywords: Agricultural technologies adoption, Improved seeds and fertilizer, Farming
households, Uganda
2013-05-22T00:00:00ZDoes teaching methods and availability of teaching resources influence pupil’s performance?: evidence from four districts in UgandaGuloba, MadinaWokadala, JamesLawrence, Bategekahttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/20112015-01-07T08:59:30Z2010-09-01T00:00:00ZDoes teaching methods and availability of teaching resources influence pupil’s performance?: evidence from four districts in Uganda
Guloba, Madina; Wokadala, James; Lawrence, Bategeka
This paper explores ways of improving education quality in Universal Primary Education (UPE) schools in Uganda. Following the introduction of UPE in Uganda in 1997, primary school enrollment increased tremendously, leading to a strain on existing teaching resources such as classrooms, teachers’ accommodation, toilets, teachers, chalk, and students’ furniture among others. The inadequacy of teaching resources partly attributes to the low quality of education in UPE schools as reflected in the Primary three and six pupils’ performance in literacy and numeracy. Accordingly, Government responded by increasing supply of teaching resources with the hope of improving the quality of education in UPE schools. The major findings of the paper include: i) Supplying more teaching resources in the current Uganda context should not be the number one priority intervention if the quality of education in public primary school is to be improved. Paradoxically, supply of teaching resources is found to have adverse effects on education quality. This suggests that the supply of teaching resources in these schools seem to be done at the expense of effective teaching. ii) Primary school teachers employ teacher-centred methods of teaching, which are less effective. The study finds that child-centred methods of teaching are more effective for both males and females as regards improvement of education quality. Yet, teachers in UPE schools hardly employ child-centred approaches to teaching, which mainly explains the poor quality of education in UPE schools. iii) There is urgent need for the ministry in charge of education to focus more on teacher supervision to compel teachers to attend to their duties and use child centred methods of teaching. This calls for increased budget for school inspection and teacher supervision.
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